About Aleksander Kreek
Aleksander Kreek was an Estonian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put. He was the 1938 European champion in the shot put – one of only two Estonian men to achieve the feat, alongside Arnold Viiding. He was twice a medallist at the International University Games. Kreek threw an Estonian record mark of 16.16 m (53 ft 0 in) in Karlstad in 1938 – this made him the second-best athlete in that world that year (his highest ever ranking). His personal best was 16.40 m (53 ft 9+1⁄2 in), which was an Estonian record at the time. He won the gold medal at the 1937 International University Games, retaining the title for Estonia which Arnold Viiding had won two years previously.
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